Is Patient Education About Adhesions a Requirement in Abdominopelvic Surgery?

ABSTRACT: Background: Over the past decades, our knowledge and understanding of adhesions and adhesion-related complications has increasingly grown and it has become evident that adhesions have significant implications for patients, physicians and the healthcare system. The question arises whether this has resulted in greater awareness of adhesion-related problems among practicing physicians and appropriate patient education on this topic in daily practice. The following article provides a brief overview of the important subject of adhesions, discusses current awareness of adhesions among patients and doctors and addresses the consequences of failure to provide patient education and consent from a medical perspective. Methods: Selective literature searches were conducted in PubMed and

SUBMITTER: Hirschelmann A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4168406 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature